I- Executive Summary:
SNHR documented not less than 26 massacres perpetrated in March 2014, detailed as follows:
A- Government Forces (army, security forces, local militias and foreign Shiite militias) committed 20 massacres
B- ISIL committed one massacre
C- Armed Opposition Groups committed 3 massacres
D- Unidentified Groups committed 2 massacres
SNHR describes an incident as a massacre if it involves: “the killing of five unarmed people at least”, for more information on our methodology, please visit the following URL.
The massacres were detailed as follows according to Syrian governorates:
Aleppo: 11 massacres
Damascus suburbs: 4 massacres
Idlib: 4 massacres
Daraa: 2 massacres
Damascus: 1 massacre
Homs: 1 massacre
Lattakia: 1 massacre
Hama: 1 massacre
Al Hassaka: 1 massacre